A Jefferson Circuit Court judge issued a restraining order Nov. 25 that blocks the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation’s order for charitable gaming organizations to disable machines made by two major manufacturers, according to court documents.

The restraining order comes after three organizations — Shirley’s Way, Southwest Center for the Developmentally Disabled and Education Justice — filed a lawsuit against the order, claiming it is “an existential threat” to their charitable gaming and their “ability to carry out their charitable missions.”

The order stated that the machines, made by LNW Gaming, Inc. and Creative Game Technologies, LLC, were part of an illegal “fishing scam,” where a person inserts money into a machine before pulling it out, tricking the machine into beli

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